Lock it up! (The post-season, not the thread). Blue Jays (89-64) @ Royals (76-77)

[Madvillainy2004]

What a joke of a call

[Stromile12]

No point in challenging anymore

[HangTime]

The ball never touched the ground

[SharoneWright]

Pure jokes

[GIZMO]

there must be something to the Canadian bias

[GIZMO]

a joke of an excuse by NY

[Madvillainy2004]

Gifted like 2 runs at least to KC there lol

[SharoneWright]

in the vicinity?

[Ranger One]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

[Stromile12]

Gonna need a few more runs with the **** going on here

[SharoneWright]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

First of all. You don’t know how loosely it was in the glove. And that doesn’t matter. Because,Second of all, It was in the glove.

[Randle McMurphy]

Jays: 6
KC: 2
MLB fixed NY umpires: 2

[Randle McMurphy]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

First of all. You don’t know how loosely it was in the glove. And that doesn’t matter. Because,Second of all, It was in the glove.

It was a catch and it’s incredibly suspect it wasn’t called that.

[NBJ13]

Kind of wanted to see the result of a KC challenge

[Mehar]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

First of all. You don’t know how loosely it was in the glove. And that doesn’t matter. Because,Second of all, It was in the glove.

If Aaron Judge had made that catch, the call would have been overturned and it would have been ruled an out. I do not buy the explanation. The call was a joke and Varsho was robbed of a great catch.

[GIZMO]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

look at the replay again, and the glove angle the four fingers part of the glove was on the bottom when the ball went in and in the same position when he rolled over. no way it wasn't a clear catch. Also the ref wouldn't have seen it at that distance since he rolled over. the clear shot of the catch was at an angle he couldn't see.

[FOB]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

Man, thank you for posting this. It physically hurts saying this lol but I agree. I was outraged by the call and the explanation sounds like bs from a fan- and maybe even common-sense perspective. But if the review is there only to overturn calls where it can be determined without any doubt that the call was wrong, then they made the right call here.

It sucks and I hate it because it was 99.9% a good catch, but I understand it now as well. And i don't know if I'd prefer a review system that makes calls based on probability (no matter how high) rather than conclusive evidence.

[PowerPlant1]

Now that i listen to the explanation Dan received, i kinda understand the call. Varsho rolled over with the ball loosely in his glove. The people viewing the replay lost sight of the ball momentarily, thus they cant say 100% for certain that he was in full possession of the ball the entire time.

Ha, kind of a perfect fix. Call goes against them, the Jays have to challenge and thus have to prove against the call and if they can't see or claim not to be able to see the ball/glove the entire time then there is no proof to overturn.

However, at this point the Jays need to stop worrying about the fix and worry about using RP that can win them the game. Little was lucky to get out of that inning.

[SharoneWright]

First time I’ve seen Davis Schneider not hustle in my life. Why would you dive so hard and then saunter back to pick up the ball on the track?

[Raps in 4]

We've had a ton of challenges go our way this season when they shouldn't have. It just depends on whether a Mets or Yankees fan is working in the review booth on any given day Today it was a Yankees fan.